Editor's note: The story has been corrected to reflect that The Little Seedling hosts cloth diapering workshops from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the first Saturday of every month, not every Saturday.

The Little Seedling owner Molly Ging is ready for a new challenge.

The Ann Arbor native, who launched an online cloth diaper business out of her basement in 2004 before opening a brick-and-mortar store, plans to relocate and expand The Little Seedling in March.

Ging signed a lease for a 4,000-square-foot space in the Boulevard Plaza shopping center at 2121 W. Stadium Blvd., and plans to relocate her store from 355 S. Zeeb Rd.

“It’s going to be really convenient for my current customers, but I think a lot of people will find out where we are,” Ging said. “And what a great mix of businesses (in the shopping center). We’re so excited to have these people as our neighbors.”

Ging launched Tree City Diapers a decade ago, after realizing there wasn’t a local place where she could purchase cloth diapers for her infant.

Fueled by word-of-mouth, Tree City Diapers took off and Ging couldn’t keep up with demand while working out of her basement.

“It exploded,” she said.

She opened a small store on Jackson Road and was open two days a week, before moving to Zeeb Road in 2008 and renaming the store The Little Seedling. With the move, Ging expanded her product mix and started carrying toys, clothing, strollers, baby carriers, skin products and reusable bottles, among other items.

Ging spends a lot of her time educating people about cloth diapering. She hosts free workshops from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the first Saturday of every month, where she teaches people how to use cloth diapers. Ging said benefits include: lower diaper costs; there’s zero-waste; it’s chemical-free; and the cloth diapers are comfortable for infants and easy to use.

“The cloth diapers available now, they’re much different than what most anybody would anticipate a cloth diaper looking like. It’s all very modern materials, waterproof and breathable with a highly absorbent material. …They snap or Velcro on and are extremely easy to care for,” Ging said.

The Little Seedling carries all different kinds of cloth diapers and most of the brands are made in the U.S. Ging estimated, referring to one particular higher-end brand of cloth diaper, it would cost about $600 to cloth diaper a child, compared to about $1,200 to $2,000 in disposable diapers.

Cloth diapers account for about 40 percent of The Little Seedling’s sales, but the store also sells cribs, strollers, car seats, toys, skin care items for babies, breastfeeding supplies, slings and carriers. Four staff members at The Little Seedling are certified child passenger safety technicians and will help people properly install car seats.

She added: “I think a lot of what we do here is try to make it easier for moms or dads and anybody who is having a child. A lot of what we do is try to take the hard decisions out of parenting for people. …We’re a big fan of whatever works for you, works for us. We’re just moms.”

Ging called The Little Seedling a “community business,” and said she will test out and carry products her customers suggest. She said it’s a lot of local customers, but she also has a group of moms drive to Ann Arbor from Toledo once a month.

Ging hopes to open The Little Seedling in its new location by March 15. The store on Zeeb Road will close five or 10 days before the new location opens.

The new store will be located in the back building in the Boulevard Plaza, near Goldfish Swim School and Title Boxing Club. Colliers International handles the leasing for the shopping center, which is now at 100 percent occupancy.

Lizzy Alfs is a business reporter for The Ann Arbor News. Reach her at 734-623-2584, email her lizzyalfs@mlive.com or follow her on Twitter.